Warrior General Games

So, with three games left, we have a tight race and several big games left.

Will DeSWK hold onto the top spot? Will Seychelles hold onto the #2 position? Will they move up or down?

With the following games coming up there is a lot that can change between now and the end of the season?

Week 14
Seychelles vs. Rhinos

Week 15
Seychelles vs. ShadowChasers
Rhinos vs. Warrior Kings
Dream vs. RRK

Week 16
Seychelles vs. ASM
ShadowChasers vs. Warrior Kings
RRK vs. Nairobi
A lot of things could change, but this is what I think could happen to the standings.

Pre-Week 14

1) Rhinos - they have turned on recently, so I think they finish hot and take the top spot in Lion.
2) Seychelles - If the Rhinos go 3-0, that means they beat Seychelles, but this might be the second hottest team in Lion. They pull out wins over Sahara and ASM to grab the second spot.
3)Sahara ShadowChasers - I think Sahara loses to Seychelles, but beats the faltering Warrior Kings. This team is the streakiest team to me and could be the scariest team to face.
4) Dar es Salaam Warrior Kings - After starting hot, this team has cooled off. Will they continue their streak or turn it around? I think they drop their games to the Rhinos and ShadowChasers, but still grab the #4 spot before turning it around in the playoffs.
5) Angola Spider Monkeez - This is a solid team that no one should underestimate. Still, I think they drop their game to Seychelles. Don't want to play this team in the 1st round of the playoffs for sure.
6) Angola Dream - A tough team that has dropped more games than I expected. I think they defeat RRK and stay at this spot.
7) Rwanda Royal Knights - A tough team that has had it's ups and downs. A dangerous team, I think they lose to the Dream, but regain 7th by beating Nairobi in Week 16.
8) Nairobi - Surprised me with a win against the Dream. A team that made a nice improvement over last season. I think they might be a season away from posing a serious threat to go deep into the playoffs, but I've definitely been wrong before.

Alright, so do you agree, disagree, or think I'm a complete idiot? Let me know. This forum was too boring so I thought I would try to get some talk going since we don't have the Coaches Poll until after the games tomorrow.

I'm going to update as we go. We'll see how my predictions change each week and the standings change with them. I'll try to get some Pre-Week 15 updates up before the games Sunday.

Pre-Week 15 changes

1) Seychelles - They have taken care of the first part of their tough 3 game season finale. They barely scraped by with a win, but it was against the defending champs, so any kind of win is one to celebrate. If they can close out the season, they only need the Rhinos or Sahara to beat the Warrior Kings in the final 2 weeks to claim the top spot...
2) DeSWK - I expect this team to take a loss against the Rhinos. If this was back around week 8, I would be picking the Warrior Kings, but I expect them to drop their game against the Rhinos, but collect themselves and hold off Sahara.
3) Rhinos - Losing to Seychelles has put them 2 games back of the top 2 teams. It's impossible for them to take the top spot. Seychelles and the Warrior Kings could lose out and be tied with the Rhinos and the Rhinos still wouldn't be abole to grab the top spot. Why? Because that would mean Sahara would win both of their remaining games and have a 1 game lead on the Rhinos. However, what I expect is for the Rhinos to win out and be tied with Sahara, winning the H2H tiebreaker.
4) Dream - It looks like this team might be able to snag a home playoff game after all. This is a very solid team and would make for a great first round matchup against the ShadowChasers.
5) Sahara ShadowChasers - Maybe I think Seychelles wins this matchup simply because I believe we've yet to lose to Sahara, but really, it's always been one of my favorite teams to play. Seychelles has managed to slow down Sahara's big name players enough to win before, can they do it again? We'll see as this season's ShadowChasers look at lot different from the team of season's past.
6) Angola Spider Monkeez - It's not that I don't like Angola or think they are tough, but they simply fall this far based on my predictions above. Really their deciding factor is Week 16 vs Seychelles and then how everyone else finishes the season.

Pre-Week 16 Predictions

Honestly, I think I'm keeping my predictions the same. The big things to watch for are ASM playing spoiler to Seychelles hopes of keeping the #1 seed. Sahara beating the Warrior Kings who are still in a slight funk, and Nairobi beating the Knights after a tough 1 point loss to the Dream.

Wow... Setting the bar high for the Rhinos... I mean, we were ranked like 22 in the APL at one point this season!

if we go 2-1 against those 3 great teams i will be happy, u better make these predictions come true palmer

Originally posted by StiffarmSteve
Wow... Setting the bar high for the Rhinos... I mean, we were ranked like 22 in the APL at one point this season!

Pretty sure it was 30th at one point. You're obviously overachieving right now so when you reach the playoffs, watch out for those established teams that have playoff experience and trophies to their name.

Originally posted by Doc_Nilla

Pretty sure it was 30th at one point. You're obviously overachieving right now so when you reach the playoffs, watch out for those established teams that have playoff experience and trophies to their name.

Thanks for the facts and tip Doc! It's much appreciated! lol

Originally posted by Doc_Nilla
Originally posted by StiffarmSteve

Wow... Setting the bar high for the Rhinos... I mean, we were ranked like 22 in the APL at one point this season!

Pretty sure it was 30th at one point. You're obviously overachieving right now so when you reach the playoffs, watch out for those established teams that have playoff experience and trophies to their name.

LOL, can't hide that gold trophy, Steve

I dont know how, but im telling you that ESM is going to surge back and make the playoffs. And dont tell me its impossible! We'll figure it out, even if we have to shoot down team planes and blow up stadiums.

palmer, I hope you are psychic!

Originally posted by KellerFox
I dont know how, but im telling you that ESM is going to surge back and make the playoffs. And dont tell me its impossible! We'll figure it out, even if we have to shoot down team planes and blow up stadiums.

Just dot planes and dot stadiums I hope.

After today it's still a jumble but the picture is a little clearer.

Originally posted by Shalubis
Originally posted by KellerFox

I dont know how, but im telling you that ESM is going to surge back and make the playoffs. And dont tell me its impossible! We'll figure it out, even if we have to shoot down team planes and blow up stadiums.

Just dot planes and dot stadiums I hope.

We're going to blow up the entire dot world... our scientists have figured out how to artificially create a black hole. Once it sucks up the Dot universe, it will rip ito ours.

MWAHAHAHAHAH

Originally posted by palmer_garnett_95

3)Sahara ShadowChasers - I think Sahara loses to Seychelles, but beats the faltering Warrior Kings. This team is the streakiest team to me and could be the scariest team to face.

No joke. We've had some inexplicable losses--not that we lost, per se, but how we lost. Some Ws that were welcome surprises, as well.

That said, we're facing the #1 and #2 seeds to finish the year. Ugh.

Good luck, gentlemen.

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Originally posted by palmer_garnett_95

4) Dar es Salaam Warrior Kings - After starting hot, this team has cooled off. Will they continue their streak or turn it around? I think they drop their games to the Rhinos and ShadowChasers, but still grab the #4 spot before turning it around in the playoffs.


Pretty solid analysis. I know our game today against the Ridgebacks (even though a W) won't prove that our cold streak is done yet. But I'm thinking that we're not going to wait until the playoffs to turn things around. A key win or two in these last two games could still get us the #1 seed. That's no small deal.

I'm glad to see some of you guys put on the reporter hat and let me take the rest of the season off Great stuff man you should do them more often!! I enjoy reading them much more than writing them hehehe. We have a talented bunch on here that's for sure.